US2009320512A1PendingUtilityA1

Refrigerator comprising a water tank

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Assignee: BSH BOSCH SIEMENS HAUSGERAETEPriority: Aug 29, 2006Filed: Aug 6, 2007Published: Dec 31, 2009
Est. expiryAug 29, 2026(~0.1 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Martin BuchstabIrene DumkowAdolf FeinauerKlaus FlinnerBernd HegerPeter NalbachNathan WrenchKasim Yazan
F25D 2323/122F25D 23/126
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Abstract

A refrigerator including a water tank having an inlet connection and an outlet connection in fluid communication with a water dispenser wherein the water tank includes a mixing area and a laminar flow area connected in series with the mixing area.

Claims

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       11 . A refrigerator comprising a water tank having an inlet connection and an outlet connection in fluid communication with a water dispenser wherein the water tank includes a mixing area and a laminar flow area connected in series with the mixing area. 
   
   
       12 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11  wherein the mixing area is disposed adjacent the inlet connection and the laminar flow area is adjacent the outlet connection. 
   
   
       13 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11  wherein the laminar flow area is formed by a line following a circuitous path between the mixing area and one of the connections of the tank. 
   
   
       14 . The refrigerator according to  claim 13  wherein the line is delimited by fins projecting into the tank from outer walls of the tank. 
   
   
       15 . The refrigerator according to  claim 14  wherein the tank includes a shell and a cover wherein the fins are formed on the shell. 
   
   
       16 . The refrigerator according to  claim 15  wherein the tank includes pillars rigidly connected to the cover and distributed over the floor of the shell. 
   
   
       17 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11  wherein the mixing area includes an outlet formed on a floor thereof. 
   
   
       18 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11  and further comprising an outlet connection disposed at a highest point of the water tank. 
   
   
       19 . The refrigerator according to  claim 18  and further comprising a ventilation opening connecting a highest point of the mixing area with the outlet connection. 
   
   
       20 . The refrigerator according to  claim 11  wherein the water tank is let into a housing wall of the refrigerator.

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